Doc On The Run Podcast

#228 Running injures are optional with RunRx

Very few things are worse to a runner than a running injury.

When you run, pain is mandatory, but running injuries are optional.

If you have ever been injured it is devastating.

To add salt to the wound, while you sit on the couch recovering, but
getting weaker, you realize it is preventable.

Today we talking with the RunRx founder Valerie Hunt about the
importance of developing better running form and strength for runners
to prevent running injuries.

#227 Find the value in exercising with pain

Every cloud has a silver lining. If you're injured right now, you need to look for the value in the discomfort right in front of you. 

If you have pain when you are exercising there is a risk you will do damage to the healing tissue. That's why doctors tell you to stop running. Doctors don't necessarily want you to lose all of your fitness, but they don't want you to make the injury worse.

If you have been injured you have probably done some exercises in the past few days or weeks that cause pain. 

When you are injured you have the possibility of making assessments with immediate feedback. 

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about how you can find the value of exercising with pain.

#226 Grey areas are really slowing you down

“All in moderation.”

I'm not sure who said that, but it definitely was not an endurance athlete. 

Unfortunately the idea of training in moderation, treatment of running injuries in moderation and everything in between has infected the recovering runner's world.

We do our speed work too slow and our base training too fast. 

As a consequence of that moderation of our workouts we do not reap the full benefit nor the intended purpose of either of those workout sessions. 

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about how the gray areas in training and the gray areas in healing are what is really slowing you down.

#225 Mark Allen 6-Time Ironman World Champion on Preventing Overtraining Injury

"If you’re not training, you’re not getting more fit." - Mark Allen

The very best way to lose all of your running fitness is to get injured and be forced to stop training.

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we are talking with 6-Time Ironman World Champion Mark Allen about the importance of preventing preventable running injuries. 

In this episode Mark is going to share with you three and truly useful ideas:

1. The keys to competing at a high-level for decades - and never have a serious injury.

2. The shift it takes to make a difference between losing and winning.

3. Simple changes any athlete can make today to stay healthy, get stronger and run longer. 

#224 Can low aerobic fitness cause a running injury?

A runner who was listening to the Doc On The Run Podcast asked about the association between low aerobic fitness and running injuries.

Any runner who gets an injury does so simply because the tissue has not performed the way it should.

The harder your tissues work when you exercise, the more oxygen they require. When you are working hard and simultaneously depriving your tissues of oxygen, you're putting yourself at risk in a number of ways. 

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about how low aerobic fitness can lead to a running injury.

#223 What runners can learn from ballet dancers

Runners want to run. Ballet dancers want to dance. 

But runners just run. Ballet dancers, don’t just dance. 

Ballet dancers practice the basic moments that make them better dancers. 

I just recorded a new Doc On the Run Podcast interview with Valerie, the founder or RunRx. 

That interview is coming out soon (so watch for it), but she made such a great point, I thought you should hear about her ballet/runner analogy now. 

Today on the Doc On The Run Podcast we're talking about what runners can learn from ballet dancers to help prevent running injury.

#222 What if I run and my broken toe does not heal?

I just got off a call with a runner who broke his little toe and he is trying to get back to running.

Pain when running is one signal that you are disrupting the healing process.

His main question was if he could run without pain, is it okay to run on the broken toe before it is fully healed?

He is concerned that if he runs and the broken toe doesn't heal, that would obviously lead to problems and he doesn't want to have a non-healed broken toe.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we're talking about what happens if you run and your broken toe does not heal.

#221 The 2 rules from Warren Buffet that can help injured runners.

When you get injured, you can lose ground very, very fast.

You don't have to lose all of your fitness just because you're in the recovery process. 

Don't throw in the towel. 

Don't give up. 

Do something. 

Stay fit through the injury recover process. 

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we're talking about the two rules from Warren Buffet that can help injured runners.

#220 Weakness causes running injuries

“Weakness causes running injuries.” 

If you're a runner who has been injured, you probably feel that's a little bit like rubbing salt in the wound. 

But make no mistake about this, if you get injured, it's because you are weak. 

By definition, all over-training injuries are a result of weakness. Specifically, tissue weakness.

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we're talking about how weakness causes running injuries.

#219 Worn out running shoes cause running injury

Why do you wear running shoes?

Running shoes are supposed to cushion when you land. 

Running shoes are supposed to prevent some of the damaging forces when you run.

Running shoes are supposed to supposed to support your feet when you run. 

Running shoes are supposed to supposed to protect you when you run. 

Today on the Doc On The Run podcast we're talking about how worn out running shoes cause running injury